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Wintertime is coming as the Starks would say! One of the staple meals in the PNW is clam chowder. Those of you in the PNW probably remember the fantastic clam chowder at Jake's Seafood in Portland. I use the past tense because, like many others, I no longer feel safe in Portland due to many political and social factors. This is my take on Jake's Clam Chowder (BTW: It's not in the official Jake's Seafood Cookbook).
Ingredients:
1 pound bacon
2 cans each of chopped/minced clams, whole baby clams, clam juice.
½ cup sweet onion, finely diced
½ cup celery, finely diced
½ cup grated carrots
1 pound of frozen clams, in the shell
1 bag of diced hash-brown potatoes
1-1 ½ quarts heavy cream
Recipe:
Fry bacon until almost crisp. Dice crumble and set aside. Sauté onion and celery until soft in the bacon grease. Add chopped clams, baby clams and clam juice. Simmer. Slowly add cream. Microwave the frozen clams and discard any that do not open. When it resumes simmering, add potatoes, remaining clams, & carrots, and simmer until potatoes are done. Season with Mrs. Dash's Seasoning (I prefer the Original Blend but that's up to you).
Ladle into bowl, garnish with clam shells from the frozen clams and parsley. Serve with oyster crackers and cheese biscuits or hot sourdough bread.
Modifications:
Delete anything you don't like; use ½ & ½ instead of cream; thicken with flour, etc.
Wenatchee Clam Chowder
1 pound bacon
2 cans each of chopped/minced clams, whole baby clams, clam juice.
½ cup sweet onion, finely diced
½ cup celery, finely diced
½ cup grated carrots
1 pound of frozen clams, in the shell
1 bag of diced hash-brown potatoes
1-1 ½ quarts heavy cream
Recipe:
Fry bacon until almost crisp. Dice crumble and set aside. Sauté onion and celery until soft in the bacon grease. Add chopped clams, baby clams and clam juice. Simmer. Slowly add cream. Microwave the frozen clams and discard any that do not open. When it resumes simmering, add potatoes, remaining clams, & carrots, and simmer until potatoes are done. Season with Mrs. Dash's Seasoning (I prefer the Original Blend but that's up to you).
Ladle into bowl, garnish with clam shells from the frozen clams and parsley. Serve with oyster crackers and cheese biscuits or hot sourdough bread.
Modifications:
Delete anything you don't like; use ½ & ½ instead of cream; thicken with flour, etc.
